SBDP Past Performances

Featured Evening-Length Works

Full Calendar (Past)

2018

January 19, 2018
Sarah performed a solo in San Francisco Movement Arts Festival at Grace Cathedral

2017

November 18, 2107
“Tapestry: Art in Action” at Berkeley Art Center
Proceeds will be donated to Napa Valley Community Foundation Disaster Relief Fund for victims of recent wildfires.
Join us for an hour of dance and art interpretation with the artists from Thread Heads exhibit and special guest choreographer Sarah Bush. Audiences will explore the art through short, guided activities.

August, 2017
Sarah and New Style Motherlode’s Corey Action lead a 4-week LGBTQ performance workshop leading up to Oakland Pride, September 10th.

August 20, 2017
Sarah and Rose perform in the morning service at First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

July 2nd, 2107
SBDP performing in “SummerFeast” at Dance Brigade’s Retreat Center in Dos Rios, CA. A magical afternoon of site-specific, outdoor performances to the backdrop of the enchanting Mendocino hillside.

May 31st, June 2nd & 3rd, 2017
Sarah Bush Dance Project performed excerpts from Rocked By Women in the San Francisco International Arts Festival at Fort Mason.

May 28th, 2017
Sarah joined a panel discussion about the Trump administration’s impact on the LGBT community and the role of the artist in shining a torch on these issues. San Francisco International Arts Festival, Cowell Theater, Fort Mason, SF – free!

October & November, 2016
Sarah choreographed “Rise Up” and organized groups of women to perform it at various public events encouraging voter participation.

October, 2016
Curating the dance portion of “For the Healing of the World: Interrupting cultural and racial ignorance with the alchemy of curiosity, courage and the arts”, accompanied by percussionist, Carolyn Brandy in Berkeley

September, 2016
Sarah was guest choreographer for Berkeley High School’s Dance Production

September 3, 2016
Sarah danced with the band Skip The Needle in their show at Freight & Salvage in Berkeley.

July 9-10, 2016
SBDP performed “Reach” in the Summer Performance Festival, SPF9, at ODC Theater, San Francisco.

July 1-3, 2016
We took Rocked By Women to National Women’s Music Festival in Madison, Wisconsin. Also led a workshop at NWMF.

June 27, 2016
Sarah & Shanise danced in a music video for Venetia’s “Scream”, part of The Glo Trilogy

June 17, 2016
SBDP performed and taught a workshop at “Friday Nights at OMCA”, Oakland Museum of California.

May 22, 2016This Land Oakland – “Bringing the Outside In” at Laney Theater in Oakland.
SBDP presented a full-length theater showing of This Land Oakland
All the previously performed outdoor pieces, along with two solos were collected for an indoor theater performance: Recompose, Reshape, Recreate, Reach, Recall.

May 7, 2016
Nina performed “Reshape” as part of the Chlo & Co Dance showcase at Little Boxes Theater, SF

April 30, 2016
SBDP in Oakland Dance Festival at Jack London Square. Free.

April 26, 2016
Community Event – Open rehearsal, part of Bay Area Dance Week.

April 23, 2016
Community Event – SBDP participated in a park clean up for Oakland Earth Day

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~3rd Sundays at 1pm, February-April, 2016This Land Oakland
Each month a different outdoor, site-specific piece in a new location. Free, wheelchair accessible, and near public transportation.
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April 17
Observation Tower at Martin Luther King Jr Regional Shoreline“Recall”
Refresh your spirit at the shoreline where we invite you to reconnect to a collective voice through dance and the rhythm of an art called Gullah Stick Pounding.featuring vocal activist, Melanie DeMore
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March 20
Woodminster Cascade at Joaquin Miller Park“Reach”
Venture into the hills for a different view and movement that embodies the efforts of trailblazing women who came before us.live music by The Anita Lofton Project
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February 21
Lake Merritt Amphitheater“Recreate”
Witness dance inspired by the urban wild and deepen your relationship with this park at the heart of the city.featuring folksoul vocalist, gina Breedlove
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March 23 & March 24, 2016
SBDP and other groups of the RAW Residency Program at SAFEhouse Arts in San Francisco.

May 1, 2014
SBDP duet in part of “Acting Out” presented by Breast Cancer Action at Brava Theater, SF

May 1, 2014
“Rocked By Women – Inside the Studio” Part of Bay Area Dance Week
Open rehearsal with excerpts from Rocked By Women

April 27, 2014
Sarah taught in “Free Dance Day” at New Style Motherlode as part of Bay Area Dance Week

April 20, 2014
Sarah at Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

April 11, 2014
SBDP performed in “Take 5”, ODC in San Francisco

March 28, 2014
SBDP duet in NSM’s Broadway Boogie, Oakland

March 22-23, 2014
SBDP in Masterworks Chorale’s presentation of Carmina Burana in San Mateo

March 9, 2014
SBDP at Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento

January 6, 2014
SBDP performed and taught classes with New Style Motherlode at Castilleja Girls’ School in Palo Alto

2013

December 7, 2013
SBDP performed a piece in The Salon by LEVYdance at LEVYstudio, SF

November 17, 2013
SBDP at Unitarian Universalist Society of Sacramento

October 12, 2013Rocked By Women Panel & Performance Excerpts
at ODC’s Studio B. Excerpts from the Rocked By Women show in concert with discussion on the relationship of feminism and art from 1970-today.

To celebrate our 10th anniversary, SBDP presented Homeward. New work exploring the ideal of home – safe, solid, reliable, personal — and then, just like that, it can be gone. You have time to grab one suitcase – what do you put inside?

A celebration of outdoor Oakland. Five multi-media dance pieces inspired by Oakland landscapes.
SBDP presented a full-length theater showing of This Land Oakland at Laney Theater.
All the previously performed outdoor pieces, along with two solos were collected for an indoor theater performance: Recompose, Reshape, Recreate, Reach, Recall.

Rocked By WomenA Mother’s Day tradition
May 9-10, 2015
Malonga Casquelourd Center for the Arts, Oakland

Rocked By WomenPremiere of the re-conceived show!
May 9-11, 2014
Dance Mission Theater, San Francisco

Music soothes us, shakes us, astounds us and breaks our hearts. In this evening length work, the fierce Sarah Bush Dance Project rocks through the life of a woman rocked by women. From baby steps to coming out, and first crush to lost love, music by women from the past four decades binds the story of many to one and one to many – transforming everyday memories to the history we all share.

With its eclectic score of unforgettable voices, this kinetic, hybrid work pays tribute to the women who rock us.

graphics: MoyoWa Designs

Sarah Bush Dance Project presents:

The premiere of Rocked By Women
June 16, 2011
African American Art & Culture Complex, San Francisco

All our lives we’ve been rocked by women.

Cradled. Shaken. Moved.

In a multi-media dance performance, choreographer Sarah Bush takes you on a powerful journey paying homage to the fearless women musicians who have shaped generations. From Cris Williamson to Joan Armatrading to P!nk, Sarah Bush Dance Project tells a story of gratitude, love, and sustaining empowerment though art.

photos & artwork: Cheryl Mazak; graphics: MoyoWa Designs

Sarah Bush Dance Project presents:

excerpts from HOME and TWO
at Jewels in the Park , Union Square, San Francisco
Wednesday Sept. 17, 2008

(In The Wake Of) HOME
December 14-15, 2007
Shotwell Studios, San Francisco

HOME covers territory from the physical space of a “residency” at Shotwell Studios to the internal space of “feeling at home” in one’s self, in relationships, in space and time, and in the world. Sarah Bush Dance Project innovates traditional modern dance choreography with hip hop dance. In HOME, a musical score ranging from folk to electronic and visual images seamlessly intertwine to illustrate and parallel the variety and differences in human experiences and emotion around the places and states we call HOME.

L1FE captures the essence of unity and diversity by fusing choreography and music ranging from hip-hop and modern to classical jazz, and incorporating video into the live performance experience. L1FE communicates the very intimate yet universally shared emotions that define our human experience—love, loss, the deep and complex stages of grief, and ultimately resolution and hope. The unifying vision of this piece is evident as well in the diversity of choreographers and dancers who come together to create it. L1FE is primarily a collaboration between FDC and the Sarah Bush Dance Project, two companies with very distinct backgrounds that share a common dance community, common struggles, and common goals of touching humanity through art.